Day: 16 March 2019

Tate & Lyle launches stevia sustainability project with Earthwatch

Stuart Mitchell

Tate & Lyle PLC, a leading global provider of food and beverage ingredients and solutions, together with its stevia partner Sweet Green Fields, is pleased to announce a new research project to assess the sustainability of the stevia sweetener supply chain. Earthwatch, an independent, international non-profit environmental science-based organisation, is leading the stevia supply chain review, which aims to identify steps to ensure that as the stevia market grows, sustainable growing practices are embedded consistently and socio-economic benefits are maximised. Tate & Lyle, in partnership with Sweet Green Fields and…

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#BringArtBackToSchools With LIFEWTR®; Nominations Now Open For School Beautification Project And Teacher Grants

Stuart Mitchell

LIFEWTR, the premium water brand that believes art is as essential to life as water, is committing to advancing arts education in schools nationwide as the foundation of where creativity begins. New research shows we are heading toward a creativity crisis in schools – 91% of American parents agree that arts education is important to teach children to think outside the box, yet 4 in 5 people say that arts education is not being offered as much as it once wasi. This week, in partnership with Americans for the Arts…

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Month of March sees Childline being funded entirely by the players of People’s Postcode Lottery

Stuart Mitchell

Players of People’s Postcode Lottery are giving around £30,000 a day to fund Childline throughout the month of March – the first time this has ever happened. During this month the free and confidential helpline will deliver an estimated 25,000 counselling sessions to children and teenagers struggling with a variety of issues, including physical, sexual and emotional abuse, mental health problems and bullying.  Since the partnership between the NSPCC and the People’s Postcode Lottery launched at the start of 2019 their players have helped raise over £1million for the charity,…

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Celebrities read adventures of Barnardo’s Big Todd for school children to mark World Book Day

Stuart Mitchell

A trio of celebrities have been filmed reading inspiring and encouraging stories for schoolchildren about the adventures of Barnardo’s mascot Big Todd to mark World Book Day. Each digital book features Big Todd, the mascot of Barnardo’s annual Big Toddle pre-school fundraiser, and aims to encourage children to be brave, adventurous, and supportive. The charity has produced the e-books for primary school teachers, who are part of the charity’s education programme, to use as a free digital lesson plan. Actor Jason Flemyng, TV Astronomer Mark Thompson and Olympic swimmer Mark Foster,…

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ElaN Languages’ online translation tool introduces ‘the unbias button’

Stuart Mitchell

A long line of research shows that the words we use directly affect the way we think. Whether we notice it or not, our language is infused with countless gender-biased words. In a sociolinguistic study it is clearly stated that ‘language appears to play a particularly important role in forming people’s attitudes toward gender and occupation’.   So how does this affect our daily lives? And what is the impact in the workplace? The effects that gender bias has on language can influence women to be ‘less likely to apply for jobs…

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